Prices actually paid, line by line
This index only publishes sale prices confirmed by a citable source, tied to a named auction and a season. Every line is validated by hand before publication. The corpus is still being built: as of today it holds 13 validated lines, which is small and rules out drawing a market average from it.
What the index holds today
The sample skews structurally upward. Unsold lots and reserve prices are never published, and private sales, which make up an unknown share of transactions, stay opaque. Only the lots that found a buyer in the room are visible. An index built solely on these lines overstates the price of a comparable bird.
The available granularity is limited. Dispatches give the type of bird, its origin, the year and the price. They give neither sex, nor age, nor weight, nor training level, which are actually the variables that drive most of the price gap between two birds of the same category.
It's an observation, not an enforceable value. This index records prices paid on a given date in a given room. It's not an appraisal, not an expert valuation, not a reference value usable before an administration, an insurer or a court.
Published lines
Every line links back to the source documenting it. If the source disappears or is contradicted, the line is removed from the index rather than kept without proof.
| Species and formula | Origin | Auction | Season | Price paid | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GyrfalconSuper White, mottled | Canada | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2026, evening 7 | 2026 | SAR 1,300,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Peregrine falconUltra White | United States | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2024, evening 9 | 2024 | SAR 400,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Gyrfalcon | Canada | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2026, evening 7 | 2026 | SAR 150,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Falcon | not specified | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2025, session 1 | 2025 | SAR 105,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Peregrine falcon | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Falcons Club Auction, Malham (evening 19) | 2024 | SAR 100,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Peregrine falcon | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Falcons Club Auction, Malham (evening 19) | 2024 | SAR 91,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Peregrine falconSuper White | United States | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2024, evening 9 | 2024 | SAR 86,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Peregrine falconPure | United States | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2024, evening 8 | 2024 | SAR 77,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Falcon | not specified | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2025, session 1 | 2025 | SAR 75,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2024, day 7 | 2024 | SAR 65,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2024, day 7 | 2024 | SAR 51,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2024, day 7 | 2024 | SAR 48,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
| Peregrine falcon | United Kingdom | International Falcon Breeders Auction 2024, evening 8 | 2024 | SAR 32,000 | Saudi Press Agency |
13 lines shown
A range built from the comparables already published
Pick a species or a hybrid formula: the range shown only draws on validated index lines, in the majority currency. It widens and narrows as the index grows, and it never replaces an appraisal.
See the estimated range
The estimator places a species or hybrid formula against the lines already published in the index. It stays behind a validated account, like the rest of what the index can do.
Why this gap matters
It's the price gap between the two markets, not the price itself, that explains why a Western breeder looks toward the Gulf.
With a North American breeder
A peregrine falcon typically sells privately for around US$2,000, in a direct sale between a breeder and a falconer, with no room, no competing bidders and no publicity around the price.
In a Gulf sale room
Birds of a comparable category reach tens of thousands of riyals, in front of competing buyers, for lots selected beforehand and presented as such.
A direct sale and an international auction don't measure the same thing. The first gives a transfer price between two parties who know each other, the second gives the high point reached by a selected lot in front of competing buyers. Putting the two figures side by side shows the order of magnitude of a gap, not the margin a breeder can hope for: transport, compliance, quarantine, commission and exchange costs aren't included, and upstream selection screens out most birds.
Method
How a line enters the index, and why none enters on its own.
A public, citable source (press agency, official communication from the organizer) announces a sale result. The source is archived with its address and its date.
The text is broken down into candidate lines: auction, species or hybrid formula, country of origin, season, amount, currency. A line where one of these fields stays ambiguous is flagged as such rather than filled in by guesswork.
Every candidate line is checked against the source before publication. Unvalidated lines stay pending and aren't shown. No automatic publication is possible in this index.
The published line keeps the link to its source. If the source is corrected, withdrawn or contradicted, the line is removed from the index.
Why human validation isn't negotiable
An analysis error on an amount doesn't stay a local mistake. A misread price becomes false market data, picked up in a negotiation, cited in an article, then copied as a reference by third parties who no longer have access to the original source. Publishing slowly costs less than correcting a figure already in circulation.
The public index stops here
The lines above are, and will stay, viewable without an account. What requires an approved account is putting the index to work.
- The full history of past seasons, beyond the lines shown here.
- Cross-filters by species, hybrid formula, origin, season and price range.
- The estimator, which places a bird against its comparables and shows its range.
- Line export and per-segment alerts whenever a new line enters it.
Before selling toward the Gulf, check what export requires first: open Export Check.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the prices published in the Saqr Index come from?
From public auction reports and the CITES trade database, validated line by line by a human before publication; a line whose source disappears or contradicts itself is removed.
Is the index an official appraisal or estimate?
No. It records prices actually paid on a given date in a given room, not a value usable before an administration, an insurer or a court.
Why do the index's prices look higher than those seen with a Western breeder?
Because a direct sale between a breeder and a falconer and an international Gulf auction don't measure the same thing: the auction only shows pre-selected lots, in front of competing buyers, without transport, compliance or commission costs.
Does the index include unsold lots and reserve prices?
No, they are never published, which structurally skews the index upward compared with the real set of transactions.
What level of detail does the index give per line?
The bird's type, origin, year and hammer price, never sex, age, weight or training status.